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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-24

Fire Insurance Companies, approved
March 18th, 1884.
L. Name. of company and location: Will
famsbargh City Fire Insu ance Com
pany, Brooklyn, New York
2. The amount of capital stock is$ 100000 90
8. The capital stock paid up is 100000 90
4. The amount of its assets is LAS, 74O. So
5. The amount of its liabilities
Gncluding capital ock)is ,6S2 494. IS
6. The net surplus over all liza
bilitles is. .................. S,246.25
Z. The name of its attorney or
agent for the Territory of
Utah: HeberJ. Grant & Co.,
Salt Lake City.
s. The receipts during the year
were ..,...:.... -. 577o2o14
9. The expenditures during the
year were. .................. 5S1 ,473.n
State of California,
City of San Francisco, IS.
County of San Francisco,)
Ed Potter, General Agent, being duly
sworn, deposes and says that he is the above
descsrbed officer of said company, and that
the foregoing statement of the general con-
dition of said Company on said S1st day of
best of his information. knowledge and be-
lief. respectively. ED. E. POTTER,
GenI Agent.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
[SEAL.l 1st of March. a. D. 1887.
LOUIS FRANCONI,
Notary Public.
Territory of Utah,
Secretary's Office Ss'
I, Arthur L. Thomas, Secretary of Utah
Territory. do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is q full, true ana correct copy
OF the Annual Statement of the Williams
burgh Fire Insurance Company, Brooklyn,
New York. filed in my Office on the 9th day
of March, A. b. 1887, as appears of record in |
my office.
In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto |
set my hand and affixed the Great |
SEAL Seal of the Territory of Utah. this |
9th day of March, A d 1887.
ARTHUR L. THOMAS,
Secretary of Utah Territory.
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INSURANCE COMPANY

Made to the Secretary of the Territory of
Utah, in pursuance of an Act relating to
Fire Insurance Companies, approved
March 18th, 1854
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Safe of Pennsylvania,
County of Philadelphia, s.
Thomas H. Montgomery, President, and
Richard Mars. Secretary of the American
FIRE insurance Company, being duly sworn,
that they a'e toe above described officers n
the said Company. and that on the S1st day
OF December last all of the above described
assets were the absolute property of the said
Company, free and clear from any lens or
claims thereon, except as above stated; and
that the fore <oing statementywith the sche-
dulles and explanations hereto annexed. is a
full and correct exhibit of all liabilities and
OF the income and expenditures, and or the
general condition OF the affairs OF the said
company: on the said 3Ist day of December
(Signed). THOMAS MONTGOMEHY
President
Secretory
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Territory of Utah,
Secretary's Office. 3d.
ANNUAL STATEMENT

For the year ending Decembe, 31st, 1856
Of the condition Of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-24
STATEMENT

For the year ending December S1st, 1856. of
the condition of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-24
LOST.

LIGHT BAY HORSE COLT, A YEAR
II old, branded "a on LEFT thigh. strayed
from Union last fall reward of So to any.
one who returns it, or gives information
where to find the same
JOSEPH OLSEN,
Union, Salt Lake County.
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GIRARD INSURANCE COMPANY

Made to the Secretary of the Territory OF
Utah, In pursuance of an act relating to
Fire Insurance Companies, approved
March 18th, 1884.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-24
ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the year ending December 31st, 1886.
OF the condition of the
WILLIAMSBURG City
Fire Insurance Co..

Made to the Secretary of the Territory of
Utah in pursuance of an Act relating to
Fire Insurance Companies, approved
March 18th, 1884.
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State of California,
City OF San Francisco, ( IS.
County of San Francisco.>
John Scott Wilson, of Hutchinson MINI
agent for Company, being duly sworn do
poses and says that he is the above described
Office. of said Company, and that the fore-
going statement of the general Condition OF
said Company on said 3lst dav OF Decembor
last, is correct according to the best of bis
Information, knowledge and belief, resnee.
lively.
JOHN SCOTT WILSON
Subscribed and sworn to before mo
lsEAL.J this 18th day of March, A D. ISS7.
JAMES L. KING.
Commissioner for Utah Territory, in Ssn
Francisco, California.
rssE adeefsrS Of 6 Tssh, IS.
I, Arthur L. Thomas, Secretary
OF the TERRITORY of Utah, do here
by. certify that the above and fore.
going IS full and correct copy of the
annual statement of the Citizens Insurance.
Company, of St Louis, Mo-, filed in nv
office on the 24th day of March, A. D. 1851
as appears of record in my office.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the great
SEAL. seal OF the Territory of Utah, this
.4th day OF March, A. D. 1887
ARTHUR L. THOMAS,
Secretary of Utah Territory.
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ANNUAL STATEMENT

For the ye ar ending December 31st, 1886, of
the condition of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-24
ANN UAL STATEMENT

l. Name Of company and location. Ameri.
can Fire Insurance Company, Phil
adelphia, Pa
2. The amount of capital stock is S 500. 600 %
8. The capital stock paid up is. 100000 90
4. me amount OF its assets Is. 2,301 ,S5S &c
me amount OF Its Liabilities (includi e
rccapital. l-.;:.....: :..-.. ], 74S, 9S4 A
5. The net su plus over all liabil. :
mt, tiles: 552,S74 %
agent. Heber ]. Grant, Salt
Lake City. Utah
Z. The receipts during the year
were WEI -. 1850 sS7 Is
the year were j, os2, 2S1 %
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Made to the Secretary of the Territory of
Utah in pursuance of an Act relating to
Fire Insurance Companies, approved
March 18th, 1884.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-24
INSURANCE STATEMENTS,
ANNUAL STATEMENT

For the year ending December 91st, 1886,
the condition of the
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-30

Dogs and other pets are often ke-nlv alive
t. praise and blame, and seem to know al
most Intnihbly whether they are being well
or i'll spoken Of. The EXTREMIST case of which
We ever read wa, that oI II canary which died
from grief Al ncing haIshly addressed bv its
mistress.
Here is ar aneciote which shows that
monkeys are not wanting in sensibility OF the
same interesting and. amiahle sort 1t is
quoted from Mr. Bates Naturalist on the
Amaznn>.' tie calls the creature most
ridiculoGlsly tame, and adds:
1t WAS an old female, which accompal led
lis owner, a trader on the river, in all his
voyages. Ry way Of giving me specimen
o! H. Iutsili -cu"e and feeling, its master set
10 and rat.1l II somily calling it scamp,
heather. thief. and ~ forth. all through the
copIouN Portuguese vocabulary of vitupera-
tioll.
The poor monkey. quietly seated on the,
ground, >eemci to liz. in sore trouble at this
display 1t anger. 1t began hv looking
earnestly ~ h!ui. then IL wiiael. ard lastly
rocked it, h"dy :" and fro with emotion, cry
in p,trou-i.. and passing IT, long, gaunt
arms continually over it, forehead: Tor this
was it, habit wheu -Ncit.-t.
Al lu-rn H. master altered his lone
IFS all a hr. my "d woman. You're an
angel. n flower, a gr,u. ar",r,"nate old
creature
immediately the poor monkey ceased its
waiting, and ~oon after came over To where
the man sat, "-Yo outh'S Companion.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-30

Al auction this spring. and Mrs. Fhoepus
bought it, paying SS50,OO0 for it. 1t Is prob
ably worth good deal more money, and am
told that its het income is in the neigbbor-
hood Of siO0, 900 Year. Mrs. Phabus has
built fine brick residence On the road to
Hampton, overlooking the bay. She is said
10 lie II very enterprising business woman,
and the hotel appears to be doing we'll
The Hygeia is the only hotel at For .ress
Monroe and Pbusbus has in some way kept
other hotels from building here. His hotel is
on government land, and ss to whether he
paid rental OF not | do not know. John
Chamberlain, who has a restaurant and club
house at Washington, intends, however, TO
huliid another hotel at Old Point Comfort
This hotel will be some distance above the
Hygeia Ii will probably be largely patron
lied and il may cut deeply into the receipts
OF its only opponent Chamberlain was, |
understand. Al the auction when the Hygeia
hotel was sold not long ago, He did not bid
upon IT. however, ami WAS evidently content
tn let II remain ia Its present hands.
THOMAS J. ToDD.
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DIFFERENT STYLES OF GRAVES.
What = Cemetery superintendent SAYS
Grief at Funerals.

"hat . cemetery superintendent SANs-
Grief at Funerals.
"Graves and grave digging is not a
cheerful topic" remarked Mr. Salway.
the superintendent of Spring Grove GENE
terry, but am willing TO impart sny in
formation desired"
How many STYLES of graves are there
in this cemetery
Three. The plain grave. where no box
Is used and the coffin Is covered up with
earth; the box grave, in which pine box
incloses the casket, and the brick grave.
or these the box grave is used in about 6j
per cent. of the burials, the plain Ill II
per cent. and the brick in 30 per cent IL
Is very horrifying TO most people to put
their dead right in the earth. hut that is
only a foolish sen,imentality. The sooner
the body returns To dust the better. Ii is
popular error that bodies are eaten by
worms after being buried. That is another
error, for the worms that would feed on
human flesh de- not exist two feet below
the surface. l can't see any Use in pre-
serving bodies, but the wishes of lot hokl-
er. are, OF course. respected i'll every III
stance. Tn. graves are all six feet deep,
and there i considerable knuck required
III digging them. some days We open as
high as n dozen. and, agalu, there will
only be two or three
Many heaps of dirt dotted rhe cemetery
at intervals, and the information was
given that ten bodies would DE buried
from the vault The next day without
counting those which would be Inferred
by regular funerals
Il suppose you witness some very har
rowing scenes sometimes was suggested
10 Mr.. Salway.
Yes indeed, but we must attend to our
business Just the same. The grave diggerS
are not callons 10 human grief The sex
ton has told me that he often turns his
head away on account Of the dreadful
agony oi -omc daughter or wife. Occa-
sionally frantic relative OF the dead
attempts 10 jump in the grave, but that
is a rare occurrence. Women irequentl.
faint al the side of the grave.
MIR Salway thinks that in midwinter
bodies ought 10 he buried at once When
spring opeus there is good deal 10 do iu
improving the grounds, and then there j
a rush of friends 10 inter the dead. Tie
public vault one month ago contained coh
siderably more Than 100 cprpses. with she
caskets covered with floral offerings which
have now all wiihered as did The life OF
the silent form within. the sealed recep.
tacle. In some of the cemeteries in Europe
the caskets are piled up by the hundreds
in vaults and allowed 10 remain. Parti
cularly is this the case in elias Nevin Genie
terry, Dublin, where the caskets have
been accumulating for Years. In Spring
Cove, the dead placed in private vaults
must be hermeticsily sealed Cincinnati
Enquirer
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-30

new orkers. intent only ON business, was
che motley crowd of idlers, Of black hackmen
and porters and some few tourists and in
valids. The little low wooden depot WAS .
strange substitute for the big bridge station.
Bey ond It were the dirty, unpsved streets Of
Jacksonville. and beyond them a few spires
and roofs Of business blocks But the train
was ready to start: the conductor yelled
"All aboard" That al least was familiar. and
We pulled away from the station
How different everything is" thought /
How Enthusiastically unreal 10 look out on such
scenes from Brooklyn bridge car! How
strange 10 look Out ON wild masses Of semi
tropical vegetation ON broad stretches OF
country without house or human being in
sight, or the sluggish river. its surface UNI
broken hv the ripple Of anything larger than
river steamer; t1 see the tiamingo and stork
rise laziy from their perch.s beside some
still l'ooi: to note the ripple where an alliga-
tor just Sid into The stream; to see all these
through the same windows that had watched
so long the busy harbor II New York To
look oGt her. on nature ia her widest most
luxuriant monis and think that once tile
same car hung poised above all the wealth
and artificisl hic of u human hee hive II
2,a00en souls T" have the window open
and feel the warm. balmv air of the southern
winter blowing fresh your cheek, and to
think that but "A few months befor' the same
window protected you from the piercing cold
and driving slert and snow OF northern
winter. II was strange indeed 10 think Of all
those things.
But unfamiliar AS were the surroundings
the difference IN IT'S passengers must have i'm
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-30
AT FORTRESS MONROE.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE BIGGEST
FORT OF THE UNITED STATES.


Special CorpSpnndrnca
FORTRESS MONROE April - I write this
letter sitting upon the green rsmlarts of
Fortress Monroe At my right l. the big
Hyseia hotel and ia front OF me, across the
water. lies rocky structure known as The
Ripraps,n or Fort Wool AT my back, several
miles away, can lie seen the elevators Of
Newport News, and within few rods Of me
the waves Of the sea roll ia with the tide upon
the sandy shore 1 can look down into
Fortress Monroe behind me, aud the sight re
minds one almost Of the walled cities Of
fsudal times This is the largest fort in the
United States. Ii covers eighty acres. AMI it
cost up To the time Of the late war all told
about &, 10000 IL is hexagonal IN shape
Its interior is well laid out. and the officers
quarters look upon green lawns, IN which old,
knarled live oaks shade the cuzy seats, The
walls are thirty five feet high, many feet
thick and a uoat as wide a Washington
CITY street runs entirely around the fort This
moAt is separated from the surrounding
country by another wall, and on the top Of
this wall and rhrough holes IN their sides
great cannon look out ia every direction
The tops of the ramparts are green, and they
are dll-i now with the CAV throng Of promen-
adere who are here for pleasure. love making
and the sea air. There are numerous cnzy
nooks in these rsmparts in which the coolug
lovers NAV hide themselves. ana IN walking
about one surprises many pretty romance
behind these hig cannon.
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having come 10 that state at the time
with no particular purpose except that
Of adventure. After while lie served
with Gen. Fremont's bodyguari when
that commander WAS i'll Virginia, but
returned to his regiment 10 take
part in the second Bull Run. He was with
Pope on that memorable retreat. Young
Craig had share OF tho glorie, in the Antie
tam and Gettysburg campaigns. The army
OF the Potomac always found him with it in
active service until Nov ~, 1853 when he
was taken prisoner near culpepper Court
House His prison HE continued through.
seventeen months, during which he passed
from Libby TO Andersonyille, thence To Nil
lin. and in another transfer TO Blacksheare,
and finally 10 Townsville.
With the general exchange Of prisoners he
was taken TO the i'll fated Sutana, but prison
life had wrought such a severe change i'll him
that the surgeon ordered him from the boat
TO the Nicksburg hospital A few days later
the steamboat was burned. and with
her were more than 800 Union soldiers
returning from the southern prisons. When
he recovered his health Mr.. Craig began the
study of law with Geddes, Burns & Dickey,
at Mansfield, .. A speculation in black wal
nut lumber led him to Indiana in 1859, and
the next year h. began his newspaper expert
ence, by purchasing The Blu.fton Banner.
Six years later he bought The Hunting
ton Democrat, and later was elected clerk OF
the Twenty sixth judicial circuit, an Office
held by him during two terms. All this time
he was an active politician, retaining year
after year prominent plscs in the councils
of his party. But be found time to conduct
largely railroad building. his record in this
respect showing so miles OF iron way in
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. constructed under
his supervision. For nearly two years longer
he continued his railroad service rs recei yer
of the Toledo and Cincinnati company, which
hsd .SS miles OF way. His business ability III
this short time restored the property 10 a
value that commanded a good sale. When
be took the plant of The indianapolis Sentinel
last June the paper had an uncertain patron
age, but under his management it has widely
increased lis business and become q profitable
investment. Mr.. Craig is now a member Of
the Democratic stats executive committee,
where his advice is always sought in the con.
duct of campaigns and the shaping Of party
policy.
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NOTES FROM ANNAPOLIS.


~p+'''ial Correspondence
ANNAPOLIS. Md April 25-Do You want
TO see one OF the most interesting old cities in
the world! Ii vou do. come with NE and we
will take y quiet Stroll through picturesque
streets that are huriened with silence. Every
nody refers TO Annapolis the ancient
city" Its past j. a blaze Of glory; its present
is a suhdued existence IL easy going content
ment True, II il the capital OF Maryland
true. II j. the lncatiou of the great naval
academy; true, it, s"cIe;v Is a. delightful as
1t is arist"crstic; and VET
But come with me. That building on the
hill there. which looks like old time fort.
with q cupnia attached. J. the state house.
We Will enter. Yes, here is where Washing
ton resigned his commission. There is the
big oil painting illustrating the great event
IL was an occasion of great sorrow' OF
course it WAS IA a certain way, but these old
Aunapoiiisns were too glad that the war was
over TO weep much, and Washington was not
the kind of man to refuse a good time
when he had the Opportunity 70 enjoy IT.
Look al those old recoris-you will notice that
the state library il crowded with them-and
s.,e how Washington and his revolutionary
friends observed the event. Read this: At
Wa>hington> reception, the day before he re
signed his commission Mr.. Mann furnished
the supper at the state house Ninety-eight
bottles OF wine two and a half gallons Of
spirits, nine pounds Of sugar. q lot of LINES,
music and walters. A dozen packs of cards
were supplied. and the governor directed Col
Mills of the Annapolis Coffee house, TO fur
niSh the people with punch and greg TO the
value of IlU los. ID And il YOU will look a
little further YOU will zee that Washington,
with the belle Of Annapolis. opened the ball.
and wen. through the evoiutions As neatly a.
he thrashed the British redcoats Look fur.
ther if Nou want to Then Won will observe
how these gay and giddy old fellows cele-
bratei the peace between America and Eng
land Read IA few Of the items: ll6 gallons
Of rum. ~ gallons OF claret, S2 gallons of Ma
deira, - gallons ot port, gallons of spirits,
several hundred broken glasses and dishes
oh. what day il must have been!
You can ramble among these old papers
with interest and profit for a week if you
want To- You can find out that in those old
times Annapolis WAS the Paris OF America.
Its society was full of life Its kor,s races
were great events Its theatres were filed
with the best attractions. Here is one little
fact that illustrates the life Of the city: one
OF the ladies employed a French hair dresser
at salary Of l.Go0 CROWNS a year. Oh, yes,
our forefsthers and our fnremothers were
simple people. but they had their fun
But come with me up those crooked step.
Rather tough climbing chs Now you are all
right We are hi the state house cupola
That is the great Chesapeake of there
Looks fair enough to deserve the name of the
Mediterranean Of America. doesn't it, You
ii
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Just t.elow Fortress Monroe j. the Soldiers
Home which has now | .sn1 inmates. The
ma ajority Of these are Of foreign birth The
home has magnificent grounds. and it, build
Ings iook like Ih"se Of a great summer hotel.
The hospital winch has just been completed,
has broad piszzas looking out upon the sea.
Ii is well iIghtsd. and is delightful a. could
be desired Along the groundsot the home
are lawns filled with flowers. They slope to
ward the water, and along the edge Of the
harbor there j. wide promenade, where you
may SEE one aimed and one legged soldiers
sitting and fishing. Each soldier. if able,
does his own washing and Ia a row across the
bay which l took from Fortress Monroe 10
Hampton yesterday | saw numerous collec-
fi.u> Of shirts and drawers wing on the banks
spread out to dry. | -aN al~o some of the
soldiers working. and am told that they re
ceiye pay for the work th-.y do. visited the
dining room where the soldiers eat. IL Is All
immense hall. and will accommodate 1859
inen at one time. All of the cooking for the
home Is done in the kitchen adjoining, and it
takes more than 900 pounds of beef and
go lnaves Of bread for a single meal The
home has u reading room. a conservatory and
Il theatre II has a farm Of 80 acres about
three miles away snd here much of the food
which, the soldier, eat i raised.
IL will l-. remembered that !. was b "a at
Hampton that Ben Butler rir,: declared the
negroes conirsbard Of war. he founded a
negro s,-h,-pi here. aud this school l. still
maintained. IL l. used a, IA Gay school for
cnlored children. and J. known a. the Butler
school IL accommodates several hunire-i
ami IT is II iuw lraInr -rrlutu.r built ia the
form of a eros and PAINTED white. 1t is u
der the genera charge 81 th- administration
OF Hampton college.
The whole OF the country III this vicinity Il
fat, and drive through IL reminds the
n"itherner 81 foreign country There are
mo fences. The war used up the rails for fire
wood, and even the trees have been cut away
TEo country huu~,~ are, aS = rule small and
thost on the f,In> ia the neighburhnoi uf
Hampton si,i Fortress Monroe are cabins of
one and two stories. The people er-
land Is owned 10y negroes They have truck
patches Of from one To- four acres. aud upon
the>e they have built little frame hDuStsS
Hampton l. quite good sized tnnn IL
has namb-T "i very pretty residences. and
between il and F"rtr..> Nn,rue. % distance of
sbOut three uIIieS. there ar, "A fl.uiSr uf line
house~. The HygeiA hui,-l NJ lr. ress Non
roe WAS built i,v "A man nais--,i .'.ri,rl> who
died Il year OF agp. ami VIM Ia;,iu Il fort
uns out Of hotel keeuiug Tue tYT-=I wa .Uli